Eastern Correctional Institution is searching for 60 vacant

the maryland department of corrections has a number of openings – right now in westover. we’re told there are dozens of available jobs — which they’re looking to fill as soon as possible. 47 abc’s justina coronel reports. track 1 eastern correctional institution in westover has 60 job openings. of those positions — they’re looking to employ 40 correctional officers. a move — we’re told — that would bring the prison guard numbers closer to full staff — at 5-hundred officers. 56.38 it would be a great help, the biggest issue of course of the vacancies we have here at the moment and it puts pressure on superiors all the way down to the ranks. this causes extra work, it puts pressure on people and even though we are fulfilling this with overtime at the presence, it does cause stress on people here 57.03 track 2 e-c-i spokesperson — gerald shields — explains how they’re actively recruiting. 50.00 well we want to host a career fair called operation hire it’s apart of an effort that we started this year. and what we are doing is going around the state areas that we have facilities and having these career fairs and offering people jobs. 50.15 track 3 there have been operation hire events all over the state of maryland — but this event on the eastern shore is especially important because of the size of the prison in westover e-c-i is the biggest correctional facility in the state. a correctional officer job pays about 38-thousand dollars a year — to start. and you don’t need any experience. but a high school diploma – or g-e-d – is required. shields tells us there are many other positions available as well. 51.17 some of the others job we have, we have dietary managers who handle food, maintenance employees who handle maintenance, and case workers who are very important of the process who hook you up with education, job training, and make you want to be ready when you leave. 51.32 track 4 and besides great health care and retirement benefits — eastern correctional institution’s psychology associate, yvetter kovner, says there is a plus to working with this team. 59.16 they could look forward to working with a great team, having a chance to make a difference in someone’s life, work with a wide range of people from a variety of backgrounds. it’s just a great experience all the way around. 59.29 track 5 justina coronel, 47 abc. if you are interested– the operation hire career expo will take place this saturday — from 10 a-m to 3 p-m — at wor-wic community college. now in